Rail-joint.



A. GHRISKE.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22, 1909.

Patented June 1,1909.

gnugntoz Wi in mm ALOIS OHRISKE, OF LADYSMITH, WISCONSIN.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1909.

Application filed March 22, 1909. Serial No. 485,003.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALois OHRIsKE, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Ladysmith, in the county of Rusk and State of Wisconsin,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

'This invention relates to new and useful improvements in rail couplingsand comprises various details of construction and combinations andarrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and thenspecifically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a top plan view showing two rails connected together. Fig. 2is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one end of arail, and Fig. 4 is a cross sec tional view.

Reference now being had to the details ofv the drawings by letter, Adesignates the tread of a rail and B the web provided with the boltapertures C, and D is the fiange of the rail. The meeting ends of thetwo rails are of similar construction. Each tread is cut away, as at A,at an inclination as shown and the opposite edges F of the contractedportion of the web intermediate said cut away portions and the adjacentend are inclined slightly, as shown clearly in the cross sectional viewof the drawings.

H, H designate fish plates which have flanges H notched at P for thereception of spikes whereby the fish plates may be fastened to the tiesand also provided with apertures J designed to register with apertures Cin the web of the rails and through which bolts may be passed. Theupright or vertical portion of each fish plate is cut away as at K andthe inner ends thereof terminate in the inclined shoulders lcorresponding to the inclination of the portions A upon the rails andagainst which they are adapted to contact. The inner faces 0 of the fishplates are outwardly inclined slightly to correspond with theinclination of the edges F against which they are adapted to contactwhen the rails are adj usted together in the manner shown in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings.

It will be noted upon reference to the side views of the drawings thatthe under edge of the tread of the rail adjacent to the inclined or cutaway part A is adapted to rest upon the cut away portion of the fishplate, thus securely reinforcing the web at such location.

From the foregoing it will be noted that, by the provision of a railconnecting apparatus as shown and described a simple and efficient meansis afforded whereby the joints will be broken and afford a smooth treadsurface over which the car Wheels may run without jolting and soarranged that the rails may be easily and quickly replaced when desired.

What I claim to be new is A rail joint comprising, in combination withthe meeting ends of rails, each having a tread portion with its oppositeedges cut away forming an outwardly flaring web portion terminating atits inner ends ininclined shoulders, fish plates having the upper edgesthereof recessed and their inner faces outwardly flaring and conformingto the inclination of the outwardly flaring faces of said web, the endsof the recessed portions of said fish plate being inclined and adaptedto contact with the inclined shoulders of the rails, the upper edge ofthe fish plates intermediate its recessed portion being flush with thetread surface of the rail, and portions of the fish plate extendingunderneath the tread surface of the rail, as shown and described Intestimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

ALOIS OHRISKE.

Vv itnesses W. E. THOMPSON, LAUREN J. WYMEN.

